The Chicago Community Trust Outstanding Community Plan Award

The Chicago Community Trust Outstanding Community Plan Award recognizes the development and successful implementation of a community plan or strategy within Cook County that improves quality-of-life or addresses a specific need, opportunity or issue through a comprehensive planning and implementation model. Read more about the award »

Northwest Side Housing Center for the Belmont-Cragin Quality-of-Life Plan, a 2019 Community Plan Award winner

Due to the importance of health and safety for CNDA applicants and volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person site visits that are traditionally part of the CNDA site visit process will be virtual meetings with applicants and volunteer judges to take place on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19. Given that change, each CNDA applicant this year has the option to submit a short video (2-4 minutes) or photographs or other visual images (8-10) along with an application. Videos and visual images should showcase the project or program and enhance the CNDA application. For example, video or visual images could provide a tour of a building/project, feature a series of brief interviews, or any creative way that features your work in action in the community. Video/visual images do not need to be professionally shot or edited. Please review the criteria for the CNDA category you are applying under to determine the content to feature in the video or images submitted.

Project

Project Name (required)

Neighborhood Name

Briefly describe the target community.

Describe the planning process and the community plan or strategy that resulted. Please focus on how the plan engaged community residents, local and citywide institutions and the public and private sectors.

If the plan is led by one organization, describe how it has partnered with other community organizations and community members to take ownership of various aspects of the plan. If the plan is led by multiple organizations, describe how the organizations worked as a group and with community members to develop and implement the plan.

Describe the impact of the plan or strategy in the community to date.

Briefly explain the goals, objectives and outcomes of the plan.

Describe the impact of the plan or strategy on the built environment to date (for example, commercial and industrial properties, housing, open space, community facilities, land use).

Describe the impact of the plan or strategy on addressing quality of life needs or opportunities such as health, social services, safety, education and economic development.

What have been the major obstacles or challenges to implementation and how have they been overcome?

Media

A project budget and plan document are required. Up to 10 supporting materials or a video link can also be included but are optional.

Plan Document (required)

Only PDF files are accepted. Files must be a maximum of 5MB in size.

Project Budget (required)

Only PDF, .xlsx, and .docx files are accepted. Files must be a maximum of 5MB in size.

Supporting Materials

Only image files (.png, .jpg, etc.) and PDFs are accepted. Files must be a maximum of 5MB in size.

Video LinkLink to a video hosted on a video-sharing service like Dropbox or YouTube.

Contact

Name (required)

Organization (required)

Title

Address

Phone Number (required)

Email (required)